The Western Stone Forts Project

The Western Stone Forts Project was initiated to study a distinctive group of large stone forts located along the western seaboard of Ireland. The majority of these forts are concentrated on the Aran Islands County Galway, in the Burren Co. Clare and on the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas Co. Kerry. Excavations associated with the project were…

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Plan showing west-northwest perimeter of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, including terraces, steps and wall chamber.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

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Cutting 1. Plan showing west-northwest perimeter of Wall1 (from the cliff edge to the entrance doorway at top right) including terraces, steps and wall chamber. Cutting 1 took in most of the western half of the Inner Enclosure. It was laid out on a 4m-grid system and for descriptive purposes is divided into three main zones (Zones A, B (subdivided into B1 and B2) and C).

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